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Figure 14. The <strong>architecture</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>in</strong>terior <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> British Museum (Natural History), like<br />
that <strong>of</strong> its exterior, constituted an <strong>in</strong>tegral part <strong>of</strong> its scientific presentation. (Girouard,<br />
Alfred Waterhouse and <strong>the</strong> Natural History Museum, 31)<br />
Figure 15. The Boston Society <strong>of</strong> Natural History Museum (1864), a classically<strong>in</strong>spired<br />
build<strong>in</strong>g. Unlike most <strong>of</strong> its American counterparts, it was not designed <strong>for</strong><br />
expansion. (Walter H. Kilham, Boston After Bulf<strong>in</strong>ch: An Account <strong>of</strong> its Architecture,<br />
1800-1900 (Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1946), pl. xxvi)<br />
Figure 16. Wash<strong>in</strong>gton's first National Museum (1881) was a picturesque palace-like structure that exemplified <strong>the</strong> popular stylistic tendencies <strong>of</strong> its day. (Valent<strong>in</strong>e Ball,<br />
"Report on <strong>the</strong> Museums <strong>in</strong> America and Canada" (Extracted from <strong>the</strong> Report <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Science and Art Department, Appendix M) (Dubl<strong>in</strong>, 1884))<br />
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Figure 17. The central hall <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Boston Society <strong>of</strong><br />
Natural History was much more modest <strong>in</strong> scale and<br />
detail<strong>in</strong>g than <strong>the</strong> <strong>the</strong> Ox<strong>for</strong>d University and British<br />
Museums. (Mary Desmond Rock, Museum <strong>of</strong><br />
Science, Boston: The Found<strong>in</strong>g and Formative<br />
Years, The Washburn Era, 1939-1980 (Boston: The<br />
Museum <strong>of</strong> Science, 1989)<br />
Figure 18. The Harvard University Museum<br />
(1860-1915) was designed as a several-phase<br />
venture; <strong>the</strong> shaded area shows <strong>the</strong> phases<br />
completed <strong>in</strong> 1884. The U-shaped plan was<br />
completed <strong>in</strong> 1915, and today <strong>the</strong> museum<br />
possesses several connect<strong>in</strong>g annexes. (Ball,<br />
"Report on <strong>the</strong> Museums <strong>in</strong> America and Canada")<br />
Figure 19. Yale's old Peabody Museum was designed<br />
as a three-phase project, but only <strong>the</strong> 1878 w<strong>in</strong>g (<strong>the</strong><br />
first two bays on <strong>the</strong> right) was completed. The build<strong>in</strong>g<br />
was demolished <strong>in</strong> 1917 and replaced by a new<br />
museum build<strong>in</strong>g (figure 30) on a different site <strong>in</strong> 1925.<br />
(Ball, "Report on <strong>the</strong> Museums <strong>in</strong> America and<br />
Canada")<br />
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